One of the biggest buzz bands of the last year or so, and a favourite here at the AU review – GIRLS have announced their Australian Headline shows for December! You already know they’re touring for Meredith, but if you can’t make it to that amazing festival, read ahead for the sideshows in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
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Sydney
Wednesday December 8
Manning Bar
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Brisbane
Thursday December 9
The Zoo
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Melbourne
Friday December 10
The Corner
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Girls will also be appearing at Meredith Music Festival
Watch:
Laura
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5Oa6ih0kgA&feature=related
Lust For Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuoTjYYqe4c
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Civil Society are excited to announce an exclusive run of headlines
shows for San Francisco’s hazy garage-pop slackers Girls. The duo will
be bringing their sun soaked psychedelia to Australia to Sydney,
Brisbane, and Melbourne.
One of the hottest buzz bands of 2009, Girls burnt their place in the
blogosphere with their care-free brand of garage pop, melding the sunny
Californian melodies of Brian Wilson, the angular guitar-pop of Elvis
Costello, and the grungey spirit of their D.I.Y contemporaries (Vivian
Girls, Japandroids, Wavves). In 2009, Girls presented their
highly-anticipated debut, Album (out now on Pod/Inertia).
Consisting of two San Francisco slackers – Christopher Owens (words and
melodies) and JR White (production) – Girls are a product of their
location. Taking the classic California pop template perfected by Brian
Wilson and applying a woozy, lo-fi makeover, Girls make music that’s
trapped in a permanent adolescence. Adding to the mix of the band’s
eclectic sound is Owens’ unconventional upbringing. Born and raised in
the hippie Children of God cult, Owens spent his childhood attending
prayer sessions whilst being shielded from the outside world. It was,
in his own words, “pretty hellish … they thought they could hide us
from a whole lot of stuff and teach us to be happy, perfect children of
god. But you can’t control people like that.”
Life in the Children of God had a massive impact on Christopher’s
songwriting. It was there that he learnt to busk, there that he
listened to a diverse array of music made by other cult members, and
there that fellow cult member and former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Jeremy
Spencer gave him his first guitar, an instrument he still uses to write
songs on.
After leaving the cult at 16 and spending several drug-fuelled years
immersed in Amarillo’s punk scene, Christopher found a natural home in
San Francisco. It was here that Christopher fell into the local music
scene, playing gigs with freak-folkster Ariel Pink and his Holy Shit
project. “I wouldn’t have got into writing music at all if I hadn’t
played with Holy Shit – watching them play was like a lightbulb going
off.”
After a short-lived project with an ex-girlfirend, titled Curls,
Christopher took over vocal duties, and met JR, best friend and missing
piece of The Girls. Recorded mainly on reel-to-reel tape, their debut,
Album, has been described as a music obsessive’s paradise, with music
references throughout. Listen carefully and you’ll pick up everything
from Martin Denny-style exotica (Headache) to blissed-out shoegaze
(Morning Light), Elvis Costello, Spaceman 3, Prince and Iggy Pop.
Civil Society is proud to bring Girls’ DIY melodies to Australia for
the first time. Performing this December in three headlining shows, in
addition to their Meredith appearance, this eccentric duo will surely
continue to win the hearts of fans with their first live show in
Australia.
